Creightons, Adams, Murphy and Hopkins at Faces
“Faces of Katrina,” an arts exhibition featuring the stories and photographs of more than 100 Katrina evacuees and the volunteers who helped them, is scheduled to close on Saturday, October 21 at noon with a New Orleans-style brass band and “second line” dance. The documentary tribute by award winning author, illustrator and filmmaker, William Joyce, has attracted a record number of visitors, and the exhibit will tour nationally, says MaryBeth O Connor.
The exhibit will be open to the public one last time on Saturday at 10am. Free coffee and beignets will be provided as well as a short history and demonstration of the art of “second line” by Robert Trudeau. Children will have the opportunity to make and decorate their own “second line” umbrella in the artspace Fun-A-Torium. Volunteers and staff from Volunteers of America of North Louisiana will be on hand to answer questions and offer assistance to evacuees.
Saturday's closing ceremony will begin at noon when the jazz band will announce the closing by solemnly making its way from the 2nd floor through the exhibit. Children, volunteers, evacuees and visitors will join in the “second line,” following the band to the street in front of artspace, where the band will break into the ceremoniously rousing dance music that is traditional to the Crescent City.
“Faces of Katrina,” is built around the work of photographers Stan Carpenter, Katherine Gaiennie, Talbot Hopkins, and Mike Silva, as well as Lafayette photographer Philip Gould.
The exhibit is free to the public, and is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10am – 6:pm until the closing ceremony at noon on the 21st.
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, (318) 673-6500.
For information on Katrina-related assistance contact Volunteers of America (318) 221-8404 .
2 comments:
I ran through the exhibit but I plan on going back. I guess I better get ta movin'. I like the maze like quality of the show. It seems like it slows you down and yet pulls you through it at the same time. Thank you for the reminder.
Is there a web site to view any of the art? I am especially interested in photos by Stan Carpenter.
Difficult to attend exihibit from Grand Canyon.
Peace
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